2013 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament

2013 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament
Classification	Division I
Season	2013
Teams	8
Format	Double-elimination tournament
Site	FirstEnergy Park Lakewood, NJ
Champions	Bryant (1st title)
Winning coach	Steve Owens (1st title)
MVP	Jordan Mountford (Bryant)
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2013 Northeast Conference baseball standings
	Conf									Overall
Team	W		L		T		PCT			W		L		T		PCT
Bryant †‡^y	27	–	5	–	0		.844			45	–	17	–	1		.722
Sacred Heart	23	–	9	–	0		.719			34	–	23	–	0		.596
Monmouth	19	–	11	–	1		.629			30	–	24	–	1		.555
Long Island	16	–	14	–	1		.532			21	–	33	–	1		.391
Central Connecticut	16	–	16	–	0		.500			28	–	25	–	0		.528
Wagner	16	–	16	–	0		.500			24	–	31	–	0		.436
Quinnipiac	12	–	20	–	0		.375			17	–	36	–	0		.321
Fairleigh Dickinson	7	–	25	–	0		.219			12	–	36	–	0		.250
Mount St. Mary's	6	–	26	–	0		.188			11	–	37	–	0		.229
† – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament As of June 2, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2013 Northeast Conference Baseball Tournament began on May 24 and ended on May 26, 2013 at FirstEnergy Park in Lakewood, New Jersey. The league's top four teams finishers competed in the double elimination tournament. Top seeded Bryant won its first Tournament championship and claimed the Northeast Conference's automatic bid to the 2013 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.^[2][3][4]

Seeding and format

The top four finishers were seeded one through four based on conference regular season winning percentage. They then played a double-elimination tournament.

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Seed
Bryant	27	5	0	.844	–	1
Sacred Heart	23	9	0	.719	4	2
Monmouth	19	11	1	.629	7.5	3
Long Island	16	14	1	.532	10.5	4
Central Connecticut	16	16	0	.500	11	–
Wagner	16	16	0	.500	11	–
Quinnipiac	12	20	0	.375	15	–
Fairleigh Dickinson	7	25	0	.219	20	–
Mount St. Mary's	6	26	0	.188	21	–

Bracket

	First Round					Semi-Finals					Finals
	1	Bryant	2
	4	Long Island	7
						4	Long Island	7
						2	Sacred Heart	8
	2	Sacred Heart	7
	3	Monmouth	1
											2	Sacred Heart	3	0
										1	Bryant	6	8
	1	Bryant	11
	3	Monmouth	1
						4	Long Island	1
						1	Bryant	16

All-Tournament Team

The following players were named to the All-Tournament Team.^[4]

Name	School	Pos
Jordan Mountford	Bryant	OF
Kevin Brown	Bryant	3B
John Healy	Bryant	RHP
Kevin McAvoy	Bryant	RHP
Carl Anderson	Bryant	OF
Troy Scribner	Sacred Heart	RHP
Dan Perez	Sacred Heart	DH
Justin Topa	Long Island	RHP
John Ziznewski	Long Island	SS

Most Valuable Player

Jordan Mountford was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Mountford was a sophomore outfielder for Bryant.^[4]

References

1. "2013 Northeast Conference Standings & Leaders". northeastconference.org. Retrieved December 21, 2013.
2. "Conference Championship Central". NCAA.org. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
3. "Baseball Championship Information Page". Northeast Conference. Retrieved May 3, 2013.
4. "Who Let The Dogs Out: Bryant Denies Sacred Heart 'Three-Peat' and Bulldogs Will Dance for First Time". Northeast Conference. May 26, 2013. Retrieved April 18, 2014.